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- the present disclosure generally relates to dynamic adjustment of a Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) threshold based on a determined variance of a channel transmit attempt failure rate, relative to an expected variance across available transmission channels.
- CCA Clear Channel Assessment
- IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6
- RF radio frequency
- Such large-scale wireless mesh networks can be used for deployment of, for example, a connected grid mesh (CG-mesh) network advanced metering infrastructure (AMI).
- CG-mesh connected grid mesh
- AMI advanced metering infrastructure
- the CG-mesh network can include thousands of IEEE 802.15.4e/g based low-power network devices (also referred to herein as Low Power and Lossy Network (LLN) devices), where each LLN network device can reach, within its transmission range, hundreds of neighboring network devices.
- LN Low Power and Lossy Network
- Wireless link layer protocols can utilize Carrier Sense with Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA), where collisions between network devices can be avoided based on each network device executing a Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) before attempting transmission on a wireless RF channel: if the network device detects an amount of energy on a selected wireless RF channel exceeding a prescribed CCA threshold (e.g., ⁇ 75 dBm), the network device can defer transmission for a random time interval (“backoff”) and repeat attempting transmission by first determining whether the energy on the selected wireless RF channel is below the prescribed CCA threshold; the network device can be required to discard the packet if the number of channel access attempts reaches a prescribed number of maximum backoff attempts.
- CSMA/CA Carrier Sense with Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
- CCA Clear Channel Assessment
- a wireless network device typically uses the same prescribed CCA threshold on all its available wireless RF channels.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an example system having an apparatus configured for dynamically adjusting of a Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) threshold based on a determined variance of a channel transmit attempt failure rate, relative to an expected variance across available transmission channels, according to an example embodiment.
- CCA Clear Channel Assessment
- FIG. 2 illustrates an example implementation of any one of the devices of FIG. 1 , according to an example embodiment.
- FIGS. 3A-3C illustrate an example method of an apparatus dynamically adjusting a CCA threshold based on a determined variance of a channel transmit attempt failure rate, relative to an expected variance across available transmission channels, according to an example embodiment.
- FIG. 4 illustrates an example distribution of noise across different wireless frequency channels used by the devices of FIGS. 1 and/or 2 , relative to a prescribed CCA threshold, according to an example embodiment.
- FIG. 5 illustrates an example distribution of variances in channel transmit attempt failure rates relative to available wireless frequency channels based on a prescribed CCA threshold in all the available wireless channels, according to an example embodiment.
- FIG. 6 illustrates an example distributions of variances in channel transmit attempt failure rates relative to available wireless frequency channels based on a dynamically-adjusted CCA threshold in one or more selected wireless channels, according to an example embodiment.
- a method comprises determining, by a network device in a wireless data network, that a prescribed Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) threshold is unsuitable for use on an identified wireless network channel among available wireless network channels, based on a determined variance of a corresponding channel transmit attempt failure rate for the identified wireless network channel, relative to an expected variance in channel transmit attempt failure rates that is determined across the respective available wireless network channels; and selectively adjusting the corresponding CCA threshold for the identified wireless network channel, until a second determined variance of the corresponding channel transmit attempt failure rate, at the identified wireless network channel, falls below a prescribed channel failure rate variance factor relative to the expected variance.
- CCA Clear Channel Assessment
- an apparatus is implemented as a physical machine.
- the apparatus comprises: non-transitory machine readable media configured for storing executable machine readable code; a device interface circuit configured for communications in a wireless data network; and a processor circuit.
- the processor circuit is configured for executing the machine readable code, and when executing the machine readable code operable for: determining that a prescribed Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) threshold is unsuitable for use on an identified wireless network channel among available wireless network channels in the wireless data network, based on a determined variance of a corresponding channel transmit attempt failure rate for the identified wireless network channel, relative to an expected variance in channel transmit attempt failure rates that is determined across the respective available wireless network channels; and selectively adjusting the corresponding CCA threshold for the identified wireless network channel, until a second determined variance of the corresponding channel transmit attempt failure rate, at the identified wireless network channel, falls below a prescribed channel failure rate variance factor relative to the expected variance.
- CCA Clear Channel Assessment
- one or more non-transitory tangible media are encoded with logic for execution by a machine and when executed by the machine operable for: determining, by the machine implemented as a network device in a wireless data network, that a prescribed Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) threshold is unsuitable for use on an identified wireless network channel among available wireless network channels, based on a determined variance of a corresponding channel transmit attempt failure rate for the identified wireless network channel, relative to an expected variance in channel transmit attempt failure rates that is determined across the respective available wireless network channels; and selectively adjusting the corresponding CCA threshold for the identified wireless network channel, until a second determined variance of the corresponding channel transmit attempt failure rate, at the identified wireless network channel, falls below a prescribed channel failure rate variance factor relative to the expected variance.
- CCA Clear Channel Assessment
- Particular embodiments enable a network device to dynamically determine an optimized Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) threshold, for example in accordance with IEEE 802.15.4e/g wireless transmission protocols, for each and every wireless RF channel utilized by a wireless network device.
- CCA Clear Channel Assessment
- the particular embodiments enable a wireless network device to adjust its CCA threshold dynamically for each wireless RF channel used by the wireless network device; the particular embodiments also enable a different network device (e.g., a network management device) to cause a wireless network device to dynamically adjust its CCA thresholds on one or more wireless RF channels, based on the network device generating and sending to the wireless network device instructions for adjusting the associated CCA thresholds in response to transmission attempt statistics reported by the wireless network device, described below.
- a network device e.g., a network management device
- the example embodiments can cause a wireless network device to attempt transmission of “training data” to determine whether a prescribed CCA threshold (e.g., ⁇ 75 dBm) is unsuitable for use on an identified wireless network channel “i” among the available wireless network channels “k”, based on a determined variance “D(x i )” of a corresponding channel transmit attempt failure rate “x i ” for the identified wireless network channel “i”, relative to an expected variance “D(x)” in the channel transmit attempt failure rates across the respective available wireless network channels “k”.
- a prescribed CCA threshold e.g., ⁇ 75 dBm
- an expected transmit attempt failure rate “E(x)” can be determined based on the transmit attempt failure rates “x” across all the available wireless network channels “k”; the variance “D(x i )” for each channel transmit attempt failure rate “x i ” (relative to the expected transmit attempt failure rate “E(x)”) also can be determined for each of the available wireless network channels “k”; and the expected variance “D(x)” in the channel transmit attempt failure rates can be determined across all the available wireless network channels “k”.
- a CCA threshold can be deemed unsuitable for a given wireless network RF channel “i” based on a network device determining that a deviation ratio “DI(x i )” (i.e., “channel failure rate variance factor”) of the determined variance “D(x i )” of the corresponding channel transmit attempt failure rate “x i ”, relative to the expected variance “D(x)” over all the available wireless network channels “k”, exceeds a prescribed channel failure rate variance factor “DI_U”.
- DI(x i ) i.e., “channel failure rate variance factor”
- the deviation ratio “DI(x i )” for an identified wireless network channel “i” exceeding the prescribed channel failure rate variance factor “DI_U” can demonstrate that the determined variance “D(x i )” is statistically substantially beyond the expected variance “D(x)” among the available wireless network channels “k”.
- the example embodiments can selectively adjust the CCA threshold for the identified wireless channel (e.g., “CCAi”) until the selected CCA threshold “CCAi” is deemed suitable for use on the identified wireless channel “i”, for example based on an updated determined variance “D(x i )” of a corresponding updated channel transmit attempt failure rate “x i ′” falling below a prescribed channel failure rate variance factor “DI_U” relative to the expected variance “D(x)” among the available wireless network channels “k”.
- CCAi the CCA threshold for the identified wireless channel
- the example embodiments can overcome noise energy that can have different random values at different wireless frequency channels and/or that vary dynamically at different times on the different frequency channels, with minimal computational requirements imposed on the low power and lossy network devices executing the example embodiments in a low power and lossy network such as a CG-mesh network.
- the example embodiments can provide scalable adjustment of CCA thresholds based on limiting adjustments to wireless network channels encountering statistically-significant failure rates (e.g., based on the deviation ratio “DI(x i )” exceeding the variance rate factor “DI_U”, and/or the failure rate “x i ” exceeding a substantially high failure rate value, e.g. “x i >90%”).
- FIG. 1 illustrates an example wireless mesh data network 10 , for example an IEEE 802.15.4e/g based CG-mesh network having a wireless mesh network device 12 operating as a directed acyclic graph (DAG) root for multiple wireless mesh network devices 14 , operating for example as RPL nodes according to RFC 6550, according to an example embodiment.
- the DAG root 12 can serve as a “sink” for the mesh network devices 14 , for example for reaching a server device 16 and/or a wide area network (WAN) (e.g., the Internet) 18 via a backbone link 20 (e.g., for reaching a remote network device 22 reachable via the WAN 18 ).
- WAN wide area network
- the DAG root 12 can be configured for causing creation of a tree-based topology overlying the link layer mesh data network 10 based on transmitting one or more DODAG information object (DIO) messages.
- the wireless mesh data network 10 can be implemented as a Low-power and Lossy Network (LLN) that can include dozens or thousands of low-power wireless mesh network devices 14 each configured for routing data packets according to a routing protocol designed for such low power and lossy networks, for example RPL: such low-power router devices can be referred to as “RPL nodes”; hence, a wireless mesh network device 14 also can be referred to herein as a “RPL node” or a wireless network device.
- LLC Low-power and Lossy Network
- Each RPL node 14 in the LLN typically is constrained by processing power, memory, and energy (e.g., battery power); interconnecting wireless data links 24 between the RPL nodes 14 typically are constrained by high loss rates, low data rates, and instability with relatively low packet delivery rates.
- a network topology (e.g., a “RPL instance” according to RFC 6550) can be established based on creating routes toward a single “root” network device (e.g., a backbone router) 12 in the form of a directed acyclic graph (DAG) toward the DAG root 12 , where all routes in the LLN terminate at the DAG root 12 (also referred to as a “DAG destination”).
- DAG also is referred to as a Destination Oriented DAG (DODAG).
- Network traffic can move either “up” towards the DODAG root 12 or “down” towards the DODAG leaf nodes (e.g., nodes “ 51 ”, “ 52 ”, “ 53 ”, “ 44 ”, “ 45 ”, “ 56 ”).
- the DODAG can be formed based on a DODAG information object (DIO) advertised by the DAG root 12 , where a “child” network device (e.g., “ 11 ”, “ 12 ”, and/or “ 13 ”) 14 detecting the DIO can select the DAG root 12 as a parent in the identified DODAG based on comparing network topology metrics (advertised in the DIO) to a prescribed objective function of the RPL instance.
- the “child” network device 14 upon attaching to its parent, can output its own DIO with updated network topology metrics that enable other wireless mesh network devices 14 to discover the DODAG, learn the updated network topology metrics, and select a DODAG parent.
- the example embodiments enables any one of the network devices 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 to execute the dynamic adjustment of CCA thresholds for any one or more identified wireless network channel “i” among the available wireless network channels “k”, either before, during, and/or after any network device 14 joins the wireless mesh data network 10 and/or the DODAG.
- a wireless mesh data network 10 can include a plurality of PANs (not shown in FIG. 1 ), where each PAN includes one DAG root 12 (exclusively allocated to the PAN) and multiple wireless mesh network devices 14 connected exclusively within the PAN according to the DIO messages originated by the corresponding one DAG root 12 .
- a wireless mesh network device 14 is configured to belong to only one PAN at a time, i.e., a wireless mesh network device 14 is configured to be attached only within one DODAG, although the wireless mesh network device 14 can be configured for attachment to one or more parent network devices 14 within a single DODAG.
- Downward routes (i.e., away from the DAG root) can be created based on Destination Advertisement Object (DAO) messages that are created by a wireless mesh network device 14 and propagated toward the DAG root 12 .
- DAO Destination Advertisement Object
- the RPL instance can implement downward routes in the DAG of the LLN in either a storing mode only (fully stateful), or a non-storing mode only (fully source routed by the DAG root), or a combination thereof (e.g., some parent network devices operate in storing mode and one or more child network devices operate in non-storing mode only).
- a RPL node In storing mode, a RPL node unicasts its DAO message to its parent node, such that RPL nodes can store downward routing tables for their “sub-DAG” (the “child” nodes connected to the RPL node). In non-storing mode the RPL nodes do not store downward routing tables, hence a RPL node unicasts its DAO message to the DAG root, such that all data packets are sent to the DAG root and routed downward with source routes inserted by the DAG root.
- Each mesh network device 14 in the wireless mesh data network 10 can be configured for operating in storing mode, non-storing mode, and/or a combination thereof. Hence, each wireless mesh network device 14 can unicast transmit its DAO message to its parent (and/or the DAG root 12 ) in accordance with RFC 6550.
- the DAG root 12 in response to receiving the DAO messages from the RPL nodes 14 , can build the entire DAG topology and store the DAG topology in its memory circuit 34 (illustrated in FIG. 2 ), including storage of heuristics of usage, path length, knowledge of device capacity, link reliability, etc.
- a wireless mesh network device 14 can operate as a parent network device (e.g., “ 22 ” of FIG. 1 ) for an attached “child” RPL node (e.g., “ 31 ”).
- the parent network device “ 41 ” in response to a parent network device “ 41 ” receiving a data packet originated by its child network device “ 51 ” 14 , the parent network device “ 41 ” can cache a downward path (i.e., away from the DAG root 12 ) that the target device “ 51 ” 14 is reachable via a given egress interface on the parent device “ 41 ” (e.g., output to an IPv6 address “ 41 :: 51 ” that is the attachment address of the target device “ 51 ”); the next parent network device “ 31 ”, in response to receiving the data packet from its child RPL node “ 41 ”, can cache the downward path that the target device “ 51 ” 14 is reachable via the child RPL node “ 41 ”; the next parent network device “ 22 ”, in response to receiving the data packet
- each of the parent network devices “ 41 ”, “ 31 ”, “ 22 ”, and “ 11 ” 14 can execute a caching (e.g., a transient caching on a temporary basis) of a downward path (i.e., away from the DAG root 12 ) for reaching the target network device “ 51 ” 14 , independent of any route table entry in the parent network device; moreover, a common parent device (e.g., “ 22 ”) 14 can cache downward paths toward multiple “target devices” (e.g., network devices “ 51 ” and “ 52 ”) within its sub-DAG, such that a data packet originated by one RPL node “ 51 ” and destined toward another RPL node “ 52 ” can be forwarded by the common parent device (e.g., “ 22 ”) to the corresponding parent device “ 32 ” of the destination target “ 52 ” eliminating the necessity that the data packet be forwarded via the default route toward the DAG root 12 .
- a caching e.g., a transient caching on
- FIG. 2 illustrates an example implementation of any one of the devices 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 of FIG. 1 , according to an example embodiment.
- Each device 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 is a physical machine (i.e., a hardware device) configured for communications with any other device 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 .
- Each apparatus 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 can include a device interface circuit 30 , a processor circuit 32 , and a memory circuit 34 .
- the device interface circuit 30 can include one or more distinct physical layer transceivers for communication with any one of the other devices 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 ; the device interface circuit 30 also can include an IEEE based Ethernet transceiver for communications with the devices of FIG. 1 via any type of data link (e.g., a wired or wireless link, an optical link, etc.), for example a wireless IEEE 802.15.4e/g data link.
- the processor circuit 32 can be configured for executing any of the operations described herein, and the memory circuit 34 can be configured for storing any data or data packets as described herein.
- the term “configured for” or “configured to” as used herein with respect to a specified operation refers to a device and/or machine that is physically constructed and arranged to perform the specified operation.
- any of the disclosed circuits of the devices 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 can be implemented in multiple forms.
- Example implementations of the disclosed circuits include hardware logic that is implemented in a logic array such as a programmable logic array (PLA), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or by mask programming of integrated circuits such as an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).
- PLA programmable logic array
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
- any of these circuits also can be implemented using a software-based executable resource that is executed by a corresponding internal processor circuit such as a microprocessor circuit (not shown) and implemented using one or more integrated circuits, where execution of executable code stored in an internal memory circuit (e.g., within the memory circuit 34 ) causes the integrated circuit(s) implementing the processor circuit to store application state variables in processor memory, creating an executable application resource (e.g., an application instance) that performs the operations of the circuit as described herein.
- a software-based executable resource that is executed by a corresponding internal processor circuit such as a microprocessor circuit (not shown) and implemented using one or more integrated circuits, where execution of executable code stored in an internal memory circuit (e.g., within the memory circuit 34 ) causes the integrated circuit(s) implementing the processor circuit to store application state variables in processor memory, creating an executable application resource (e.g., an application instance) that performs the operations of the circuit as described herein.
- an executable application resource e.
- circuit refers to both a hardware-based circuit implemented using one or more integrated circuits and that includes logic for performing the described operations, or a software-based circuit that includes a processor circuit (implemented using one or more integrated circuits), the processor circuit including a reserved portion of processor memory for storage of application state data and application variables that are modified by execution of the executable code by a processor circuit.
- the memory circuit 34 can be implemented, for example, using a non-volatile memory such as a programmable read only memory (PROM) or an EPROM, and/or a volatile memory such as a DRAM, etc.
- any reference to “outputting a message” or “outputting a packet” can be implemented based on creating the message/packet in the form of a data structure and storing that data structure in a non-transitory tangible memory medium in the disclosed apparatus (e.g., in a transmit buffer).
- Any reference to “outputting a message” or “outputting a packet” (or the like) also can include electrically transmitting (e.g., via wired electric current or wireless electric field, as appropriate) the message/packet stored in the non-transitory tangible memory medium to another network node via a communications medium (e.g., a wired or wireless link, as appropriate) (optical transmission also can be used, as appropriate).
- any reference to “receiving a message” or “receiving a packet” can be implemented based on the disclosed apparatus detecting the electrical (or optical) transmission of the message/packet on the communications medium, and storing the detected transmission as a data structure in a non-transitory tangible memory medium in the disclosed apparatus (e.g., in a receive buffer).
- the memory circuit 44 can be implemented dynamically by the processor circuit 42 , for example based on memory address assignment and partitioning executed by the processor circuit 42 .
- FIGS. 3A-3C illustrate an example method of an apparatus dynamically adjusting a CCA threshold based on a determined variance of a channel transmit attempt failure rate, relative to an expected variance across available transmission channels, according to an example embodiment.
- any of the Figures can be implemented as executable code stored on a computer or machine readable non-transitory tangible storage medium (i.e., one or more physical storage media such as a floppy disk, hard disk, ROM, EEPROM, nonvolatile RAM, CD-ROM, etc.) that are completed based on execution of the code by a processor circuit implemented using one or more integrated circuits; the operations described herein also can be implemented as executable logic that is encoded in one or more non-transitory tangible media for execution (e.g., programmable logic arrays or devices, field programmable gate arrays, programmable array logic, application specific integrated circuits, etc.).
- one or more non-transitory tangible media can be encoded with logic for execution by a machine, and when executed by the machine operable for the operations described herein.
- FIG. 4 illustrates an example distribution 40 of noise across different wireless frequency channels 42 used by one or more of the network devices of FIGS. 1 and/or 2 , relative to a prescribed CCA threshold 44 , according to an example embodiment.
- the processor circuit 32 of any one network device 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 can determine in operation 50 if a predetermined and/or current CCA threshold is unsuitable for use on any identified wireless network channel “i” from among the available wireless network channels “k”.
- the wireless transceiver in the device interface circuit 30 of each of the wireless network devices 14 can execute energy detection (ED) within the available wireless network channels “k” in the wireless mesh data network 10 : the available wireless network channels “k” in the wireless mesh data network 10 can be allocated, for example within a 2.4 GHZ Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) license-free band.
- the device interface circuit 30 of the DAG root 12 and each wireless network device 14 can be initially set to use a prescribed CCA threshold 44 for CSMA/CA operations on all available wireless network channels “k”, for example according to IEEE 802.15.4 (e.g., IEEE 802.15.4e/g).
- the noise distribution 40 of FIG. 4 can be detected, for example, by the device interface circuit 30 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 of FIG. 1 .
- the device interface circuit 30 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 can detect the noise distribution 40 based on executing energy detection across the available channels “k” 42 , and can detect in operation 50 that the channels “ 0 ”, “ 2 ” and “ 3 ” 42 , etc., have respective detected energy levels 46 a , 46 c , and 46 d below the ⁇ 75 dBm prescribed CCA threshold 44 , and the channels “ 1 ”, “ 61 ”, “ 62 ”, and “ 63 ” 42 have respective detected energy levels 46 b , 46 e , 46 f , and 46 g above the ⁇ 75 dBm prescribed CCA threshold 44 .
- the processor circuit 32 of any network device 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 can determine in operation 50 that the ⁇ 75 dBm prescribed CCA threshold 44 is unsuitable for use by the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 on the channels “ 1 ”, “ 61 ”, “ 62 ”, and “ 63 ” 42 .
- mere detection of the detected energy level 46 for a given wireless network channel “i” 42 is insufficient to determine whether CCA adjustment is needed, due to the invariably random fluctuations in the detected energy level 46 .
- the example embodiments can determine the a given CCA threshold is unsuitable for use on an identified wireless network channel among available wireless network channels, based on a determined variance of a corresponding channel transmit attempt failure rate for the identified wireless network channel, relative to an expected variance in channel transmit attempt failure rates that is determined across the respective available wireless network channels
- the processor circuit 32 of any network device 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 in operation 52 can selectively adjust the corresponding CCA threshold for an identified wireless network channel “i” 42 , for example based on increasing the corresponding CCA threshold by a prescribed amount (e.g., +1 dBm), until the adjusted CCA threshold is suitable for the identified wireless network channel “i” 42 in operation 50 .
- a prescribed amount e.g., +1 dBm
- any network device 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 also can determine that the given wireless network channel is unusable due to interference.
- FIGS. 3B and 3C illustrate in further detail the operations 50 and 52 of dynamically adjusting CCA thresholds based on a determined variance of a channel transmit attempt failure rate relative to an expected variance across the available transmission channels, according to an example embodiment.
- the device interface circuit 30 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 can forward to the processor circuit 32 a data structure identifying, for each wireless network channel “i” 42 , a number “n” of transmission attempts using the prescribed CCA threshold 44 , and at least the number “m” of failed transmission attempts.
- the processor circuit 32 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 (and/or any network device 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 executing the operations on behalf of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 ) in operation 62 can determine the expected transmit attempt failure rate “E(x)” as an “expectation” (e.g., “average”) of the transmit attempt failure rates “x” over all the available wireless network channels “k”.
- the processor circuit 32 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 (and/or any network device 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 executing the operations on behalf of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 ) in operations 64 and 66 can determine the variances of the transmit attempt failure rates “x i ”, both in terms of a channel-specific determined variance “D(x i )” for a corresponding wireless network channel “i” 42 (Equation 5) and an expected variance “D(x)” across the available wireless network channels “k” (Equation 4):
- the processor circuit 32 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 (and/or any network device 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 executing the operations on behalf of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 ) in operation 68 can determine, for each wireless network channel “i” of the available wireless network channels “k”, a corresponding channel failure rate variance factor (i.e., deviation ratio) “DI(x i )” based on the processor circuit 32 implementing a division of the corresponding determined variance “D(x i )” by the expected variance “D(x)” as illustrated in Equation 6:
- DI ⁇ ( x i ) D ⁇ ( x i ) D ⁇ ( x ) ⁇ ⁇ x i ⁇ Q ( 6 )
- FIG. 5 illustrates an example distribution of variances in channel transmit attempt failure rates “x i ” 70 relative to an expected transmit attempt failure rate “E(x)” 72 (determined in operation 62 ) among available wireless frequency channels “k” based on a prescribed CCA threshold 44 , according to an example embodiment.
- FIG. 5 also illustrates an example expected variance “D(x)” 74 as determined in operation 66 . As illustrated in FIG.
- the processor circuit 32 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 (and/or any network device 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 executing the operations on behalf of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 ) can determine in operation 64 that the wireless frequency channels “ 1 ” “ 61 ”, “ 62 ”, and “ 63 ” 42 each has a determined variance “D(x i )” 76 that is substantially greater than the determined variance “D(x i )” 76 of any of the other wireless frequency channels “ 0 ” and “ 2 ” through “ 60 ”.
- Table 1 illustrates example values for the channel transmit attempt failure rates “x i ” 70 , an example number (“instances”) of wireless network channels “i” 42 having the corresponding channel transmit attempt failure rate “x i ” 70 determined in operation 60 , the corresponding determined variance “D(x i )” 76 determined in operation 64 , and the corresponding deviation ratio “DI(x i )” determined in operation 68 .
- f ⁇ ( x i , DI ⁇ ( x i ) ) ⁇ false if ⁇ ⁇ ( x i > 90 ⁇ % ⁇ ⁇ or ⁇ ⁇ DI ⁇ ( x i ) > 5.0 ) true if ⁇ ⁇ ( x i ⁇ 90 ⁇ % ⁇ ⁇ and ⁇ ⁇ DI ⁇ ( x i ) ⁇ 5.0 ) ( 7 )
- Equation 7 and operation 78 show a “false” condition (i.e., the current CCA threshold is unsuitable) if “x i >FR_U” or “DI(x i )>DI_U”, another example embodiment by the processor circuit 32 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 (and/or any network device 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 executing the operations on behalf of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 ) can ignore the channel transmit attempt failure rate “x i ” 70 and determine the existing CCA threshold is unsuitable based solely on the channel failure rate variance factor “DI(x i )” exceeding the prescribed channel failure rate variance factor “DI_U”.
- the processor circuit 32 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 (and/or any network device 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 executing the operations on behalf of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 ) can determine the prescribed CCA threshold 44 is unsuitable for use on an identified wireless network channel “i” among the available wireless network channels “k”, based on the determined variance “D(x i )” 76 of the corresponding channel transmit attempt failure rate “x i ” 70 relative to the expected transmit attempt failure rate “E(x)” 72 that is determined across the respective available wireless network channels “k”.
- the processor circuit 32 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 can cause the device interface circuit 30 to attempt transmission of the training data packets at the updated CCA thresholds.
- the processor circuit 32 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 in operation 84 selectively increases a number of transmission attempts “r” on each wireless network channel (e.g., “ 1 ”, “ 61 ”, “ 62 ”, and “ 63 ”) using an adjusted CCA threshold, until a determined probability “P” of successful transmissions for the identified wireless network channel reaches a stable value, as illustrated by the processor circuit 32 (or device interface circuit 30 ) of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 executing Equation 8:
- the value “s” represents a determined number of successful transmissions (identified by the device interface circuit 30 receiving an Acknowledgement (ACK) from a neighboring wireless network device 14 (e.g., from the DAG root 12 ) at the beginning of transmission attempts.
- ACK Acknowledgement
- the processor circuit 32 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 in operation 86 determines an updated channel transmit attempt failure rate “x i ′” 70 ′ for each channel “i” of the defective channels “j” using the “candidate” CCA thresholds “cca_curr”.
- the updated channel transmit attempt failure rate “x i ′” 70 ′ (“second transmit attempt failure rate”) for an identified defective wireless network channel is determined by the processor circuit 32 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 based on comparing the successful number of transmissions “s” at the candidate CCA threshold relative to the “second” number of attempted transmissions “r” at the candidate CCA threshold “cca_curr”, illustrated in Equation 9:
- the updated channel transmit attempt failure rate “x i ′” 70 ′ generated by the processor circuit 32 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 executing Equation 9 can result in a lower channel transmit attempt failure rate for each of the defective channels “j” based on the candidate CCA threshold “cca_curr”.
- the processor circuit 32 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 (and/or any network device 12 , 14 , 16 , and/or 22 executing the operations on behalf of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 ) can determine whether the candidate CCA threshold “cca_curr” is suitable for any of the defective channels “j” based on determining the updated values for the expected transmit attempt failure rate “E(x)′” 72 ′ (in operation 62 ), the updated determined variance “D(x i )′” 76 ′ (in operation 64 ), the updated expected variance “D(x)′” 74 ′ (in operation 66 ), and the updated channel failure rate variance factors “DI(x i )′” (in operation 68 ).
- the processor circuit 32 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 also can determine, after additional iterations, that a maximum threshold has been reached for the channel “ 1 ” in operation 80 .
- the processor circuit 32 of the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 in operation 88 can mark the channel “ 1 ” as unusable due to interference (e.g., “X” 90 in FIG. 6 ), and either end the dynamic adjustment of CCA thresholds in operation 100 or continue to the next channel “i” of the available wireless network channels “k” for dynamic CCA adjustment, as appropriate.
- the example embodiments enable the dynamic adjustments of CCA thresholds in the wireless network device “ 12 ” 14 on a channel-specific basis, resulting in channels “ 0 ” and “ 2 ” through “ 60 ” utilizing the prescribed CCA threshold 44 “ ⁇ 75 dBm”, channel “ 1 ” being unused due to interference, channel “ 61 ” utilizing a CCA threshold of “ ⁇ 69 dBm”, channel “ 62 ” utilizing a CCA threshold of “ ⁇ 71 dBm”, and the wireless network channel “ 63 ” utilizing a channel threshold of “ ⁇ 72 dBm”.
- a wireless network device can be caused to dynamically adjust its CCA thresholds, on a per-channel basis, to overcome background noise that is higher than a default CCA threshold but that does not interfere with wireless communications.
- the example embodiments can optimize use of available wireless network channels in an LLN, and can save on bandwidth and improve throughput in the LLN based on optimizing the link layer communications based on the dynamically adjusted CCA thresholds.
- example embodiments illustrated increasing CCA thresholds in multiple “defective” channels simultaneously, the example embodiments also can be implemented based on selectively adjusting the corresponding CCA threshold in an individual “defective” channel until the suitable CCA threshold has been determined as described above.
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The
Q={ρ cca(0),ρcca(1), . . . ,ρcca(k)} (2)
Since “Pcca(i)” and “xi” are equivalent expressions (i.e., “Pcca(i)=x(i)=xi”), the set “Q” of transmit attempt failure rates as expressed in Equation (2) also can be expressed as in Equation (2-1), as illustrated in
Q={x(0),x(1), . . . ,X(k)} (2-1)
Hence, the
In particular, the
TABLE 1 | |||||
“xi” | # Instances | “D(xi)” | “DI(xi)” | ||
0.3 | 18 | 0.0044 | 0.1120 | ||
0.2 | 14 | 0.0277 | 0.7048 | ||
0.4 | 14 | 0.0011 | 0.0280 | ||
0.5 | 6 | 0.0178 | 0.4529 | ||
0.1 | 4 | 0.0710 | 1.8066 | ||
0.6 | 4 | 0.0546 | 1.3893 | ||
0.95 | 3 | 0.3406 | 8.6667 | ||
1.0 | 1 | 0.4014 | 10.2137 | ||
Based on the example values in Table 1, the
In particular, the value “s” represents a determined number of successful transmissions (identified by the
As apparent from the foregoing, the updated channel transmit attempt failure rate “xi′” 70′ generated by the
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